THE NARROW WAY DAILY DIGEST.
DATE: Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
THEME: Don’t Be Mocked. IV.
MEMORY VERSE:
“And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.”
Matthew 18:30.
TODAY’S TEXT:
2 Kings 4:1.
“Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.”
TODAY’S MESSAGE:
In the last part of this series, we considered disobedience and lust to be some of the attributes of mockery. A child of God, who disobeyed God or lust after a strange woman or forbidden items, is exposed to mockery.
Nevertheless, Proverbs 22:7 declared that: “The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.” To borrow and not able to pay back can result to mockery.
Furthermore, our today’s text present, a case of a wife of a son of prophet, whose husband was owing a creditor before he died. So pathetic that, after his death, the creditor came for the late prophet son’s to be his slaves, in order to pay back the money their father owe.
More so, our memory verse, give a similar scenario of a man, thrown into the prison, all because of his unpaid debts and callousness towards others.
Moreover, oftentimes we are in need of urgent assistance to sort out unforseen or projected expenses and we just have to borrow to meet up. And then, our concerns we be to pay up as promised. Conclusively, If you are to borrow, let it be for something worthwhile and not for pleasure. For those who go borrowing, go sorrowing. Meanwhile, Matthew 5:42 says: “Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.” Beloved, that is the level God wants you and me to operate. May you lend unto nation and not be a borrower in Jesus name. Amen.
God bless you. *Jesus is coming very soon.* Be prepared.
DAILY CONFESSION:
I will not be a beggar. I will lend to nations.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, please make me a financial pillar in my generation. And in your mercy, may I not come to poverty in Jesus name. Amen.